🎯 Where Should I Start?
Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Maurice's Room (1966)
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Publication Order of Picture Books
Start with: Good Ethan (1973)
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Publication Order of Chapter Books
Start with: How Many Miles to Babylon? (1967)
ⓘ About Paula Fox
Paula Fox was an award-winning popular author from America, who liked to write adult and children’s books as well as memoirs. She had made excellent contributions to the children’s book genre, for which she was awarded with the biennial Hans Christian Award in the year 1978. This is the highest international award given to a children’s books creator. Author Fox had also won several other prestigious awards in her career, particularly for her children’s books, including the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. In 2011, author Fox was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of the New York State. The adult novels written by Fox did not get printed beyond 1992 as they failed to gather any audience.
All Book Series by Paula Fox
1
Maurice's Room
Series opener · book 1 of 23 · published 1966
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3
Portrait of Ivan
Book 3 of 23 · published 1969
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4
Blowfish Live in the Sea
Book 4 of 23 · published 1970
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5
Desperate Characters
Book 5 of 23 · published 1970
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6
The Western Coast
Book 6 of 23 · published 1972
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7
The Slave Dancer
Book 7 of 23 · published 1974
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8
The Widow's Children
Book 8 of 23 · published 1976
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10
A Place Apart
Book 10 of 23 · published 1980
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11
A Servant's Tale
Book 11 of 23 · published 1984
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12
The Moonlight Man
Book 12 of 23 · published 1986
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13
Lily and the Lost Boy / The Lost Boy
Book 13 of 23 · published 1987
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14
The Village by the Sea / In a Place of Darkness
Book 14 of 23 · published 1988
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15
In a Place of Danger
Book 15 of 23 · published 1989
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16
The God of Nightmares
Book 16 of 23 · published 1990
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17
Monkey Island
Book 17 of 23 · published 1991
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19
The Rider From Yonder
Book 19 of 23 · published 1994
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20
The Eagle Kite
Book 20 of 23 · published 1995
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21
The Gathering Darkness
Book 21 of 23 · published 1995
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22
Radiance Descending
Book 22 of 23 · published 1997
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23
The Village by the Sea
Latest in the series · book 23 of 23 · published 2016
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1
Good Ethan
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1973
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2
Traces
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2008
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1
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1967
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4
The Stone-Faced Boy
Book 4 of 6 · published 1968
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5
The King's Falcon
Book 5 of 6 · published 1969
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6
Amzat and His Brothers
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 1993
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1
Borrowed Finery
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2001
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2
The Coldest Winter
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2005
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1
The Little Swineherd and Other Tales
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1978
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2
News from the World
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2011
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Paula Fox?
Paula Fox was an award-winning popular author from America, who liked to write adult and children's books as well as memoirs. She had made excellent contributions to the children's book genre, for which she was awarded with the biennial Hans Christian Award in the year 1978. This is the highest international award given to a children's books creator.
Which Paula Fox series should I start with?
Paula Fox's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Maurice's Room (1966).
How many books has Paula Fox written?
Paula Fox has 35 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1966 and 2016. They are filed under 5 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Chapter and Picture.
In what order should Paula Fox's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 35 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Paula Fox's books organised into series?
This guide splits Paula Fox's 35 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (23 books); Chapter (6 books); Picture (2 books); Non-Fiction (2 books); Short Story Collections (2 books).